Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was on a two-day visit to Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on last Monday, 28. December 2009 and afterwards he flew to Beijing for talks with Chinese leaders for discussing further details on bilateral ties between China and Nepal.

Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal arrived in Xi'an, which is Kathmandu's (Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal) sister city, on Sunday afternoon 27. December after wrapping up a tour in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. This was Madhav Kumar Nepal's first official visit to China since he became prime minister of Nepal in May 2009. During his stay in Xi'an, Nepal met with Shaanxi provincial governor Yuan Chunqing with the wish and intention to boost cooperation between Nepal and Shaanxi/China in areas like hydro-power development, tourism and culture.

ASCOTT, a world famous serviced apartments provider from Singapore has signed a contract to manage the Citadines Xi’an Xingqing Palace. This property is the third serviced residence in Xi’an. ASCOTT's two other serviced residences in Xi’an are Citadines Xi’an Central, which is currently fully operational and the Citadines Xi’an Gaoxin which will have its opening in 2010.

Citadines Xi’an Xingqing Palace lays in the heart of Xi’an in the Beilin district near the Xingqing Palace Park which is a popular tourist attraction and built on the ruins of a palace which dates back to the Tang dynasty. It is located aprox. 100 metres away from Xi’an Jiaotong University. Citadines Xi’an Xingqing Palace is committed to attract visiting academic visitors, exchange students and exhibition participants who take part in the 200 academic meetings and forums that the university organises each year.

A young woman - 22 years of age - was arrested yesterday on 30. November 2009 after an intensive manhunt. She was rightly suspected of having stolen/kidnapped a newborn baby in the maternity ward of "No. 1 Hospital" in Xi'an on 21. November.

The suspect was arrested in the late afternoon in Dongguan, a city in Guangdong province. She is a resident of Xi'an but works in Dongguan. According to local media and official police statements the woman is not involved in human trafficking. The motive for kidnapping the newborn still remain unknown. Meanwhile, the baby is in perfect health and will be reunited with the mother within this week. The kidnapper was dressed like a nurse when she sneaked in No. 1 hospital which is affiliated to Xi'an Jiatong University on 21. November 2009.

It is obvious that she looked for a victim by chance and had no specific target. She found the maternity room of the babies` mother ZHANG LANFANG wide open and unattended by the hospital staff and went in, telling the mother that she had to conduct a medical check with her baby. She then left and fled.

The chinese telecommunication equipment company ZTE - with a research and development centre in Xi'an - introduces for the first time in Germany its products and solutions for the future mobile communications standard LTE (Long Term Evolution). In a showcase for Vodafone, ZTE demonstrates its leading position in integrated mobile broadband solutions for the 4th generation of radio technologies (4G).

With its SDR technology (Software Defined Radio) ZTE enables network operators a cost-efficient and fast closure of supply gaps in the broadband area as well as a cost-saving buildup of a commercial LTE network while maintaining a parallel operation of different networks within the same basis stations. The new mobil communications standard LTE - which will provide users with more bandwidth, faster transfer rates and high speed access to mobile web applications - will be established step by step throughout Germany in 2010.

An earthquake measuring 5,5 on the Richter scale hit northwest China’s Qinghai province this early morning at 5:56. There was no immediate report of casualties.The epicentre of the quake was in the Mongolian-Tibetan district of Haixi, about 716 km west of the provincial capital Xining. At about 7:15 this morning the quake was also clearly felt in Xi'an.

Almost exactly a year ago, on 10. November 2008, the same area in Qinghai suffered an earth quake of 6.3 on the Richter scale.

According to USGS (U.S. Geological Survey’s), the epicenter was detected at 37.684°N, 95.756°E and had a depth of 10 km. It is believed that this relatively "light" earth quake is the predecessor of a far more heavier one to come.

2 days ago, on 26. October Applied Materials opened an advanced solar research and customer demo facility in Xi’an. It is the largest non-government solar energy research facility in the world, is comprised of laboratory and office buildings covering more than 400,000 square feet and contains an entire Applied SunFab thin film manufacturing line and a complete crystalline silicon pilot process. These lines are configured to closely simulate customer fabrication (fab) environments.

This opening represents a critical breakthrough for the photovoltaic industry and China and a tremendous benefit to our customers,” said Mike Splinter, chairman and CEO of Applied Materials. “Establishing this center in China is an integral part of Applied’s global strategy and an important step toward the industrialization of the global solar industry. Applied Materials is celebrating its 25th anniversary in China this year and today has more than 800 employees and 13 offices in the country, with approximately 300 employees in Xi’an. Applied first broke ground in Xi’an in 2006 and the total investment in the multi-phase project is more than $250 million dollars.

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